New products and live event demonstrations in Springfield Armory’s booth (#13151). Springfield Armory will be exhibiting their latest lineup of new products for 2018 during SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Among the new products featured will be the SAINT Edge, the SAINT Pistol, the M1A 6.5 Creedmoor, the XD-E in .45ACP, the 5” and 6” […]
Gun News
New Book: GUN CONTROL: 101 REASONS IT’S GOOD FOR AMERICA
Paul Glasco, founder of Legally Armed America and Gun District, today announced the availability of a new book he has authored titled Gun Control: 101 Reasons It’s Good for America. According to Glasco, “With the incessant push for gun control by the left, I decided to provide my fellow Americans with detailed reasons why they […]
Honor Defense offers Voluntary Upgrade for Honor Guard Pistols Published
All Honor Defense pistols meet or exceed industry and U.S.A standards for safety. These include the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / Sporting Arms Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc. (SAAMI®), and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) test protocols. Abusive handling (drop tests and jar off tests) have been conducted internally and confirmed by an outside […]
Are “Smart Guns” Safer?
Legislators across the country are proposing bills requiring all new pistols would be sold with identifying technology, rendering the firearms inoperable for anyone but the legal purchaser. Along with this motion, all extant handguns, with the exception of military and a few antique firearms, would need to be retrofitted with this technology within three years. […]
Franklin Armory’s 11.5” Barrel Firearm: Looks Like an SBR with no Tax Stamp
Franklin Armory has announced a “non-NFA’ AR look alike with an 11.5” barrel and a stock. They are being very coy about their workaround and will not talk about it until SHOT. We believe that it is a .410 smooth bore with a fixed stock. There are only so many ways you can innovate under […]
Magazine Fed .50 BMG AR Upper: McCutchen Firearms’ MF-50M
McCutchen Firearms has released two precision .50 BMG upper receiver assemblies for AR-15s, featuring the proprietary Mechanically-Assisted Pin Safety (M.A.P.S.) system. The MF-50 has been released in both singleshot (MF-50S) and magazine-fed (MF-50M) versions.
XS Sights’ New ‘No Questions Asked’ Warranty
XS is also implementing a new ‘No Questions Asked Warranty’ for all sights as of January 1, 2018. This new warranty is an effort to provide exceptional customer service and to encourage more people to install their own sights. Given the limited lifespan of tritium, any XS sights with tritium will be backed by a 10-year, no questions asked warranty. After 10 years, XS will replace these sights as needed at a steeply discounted price.
How Will You Know When to Draw Your Self Defense Pistol?
How will you know when it’s the right time to use your concealed carry gun? As regular readers on The Arms Guide are familiar, I read a good deal of news, namely reports that relate to self defense and concealed carry. As a concealed carrier myself, I’m always interested in learning how other CCWers who […]
NEW FROM SIG – the P365 High Capacity Micro Compact Pistol
It’s that time of year when we see the announcement right before SHOT to make our mouth’s water. The P365 is SIG’s newest handgun, and SIG has quite a bit to say about about. Full Press Release Below. Personally, I think it’s an interesting idea, but I wander if it’s going to take the place […]
Russian shooter performs Strauss: The Glock-O-Phone
They say that music is the universal language. We don’t normally carry music news here but when a Russian professional shooter plays the ‘Radetzky March’ by Johann Strauss with Glocks and a string quartet, you can count on us to tell you about it. The President of the Russian Practical Shooting Federation Vitaly Kryuchin brought […]